Joe Davidson Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 Hey everyone, I have gotten myself an 'proper' anvil and I'm in the process of attaching it to my stand (stump). Now I have a couple chisels and such but I feel that a 'proper' hot cut might be a really big help as I am cutting small rods most of the time. So here is the thing, I don't have the skill or materials to make a proper sized hardie hole cut off yet, so in stead I was thinking that I could use some coil spring that I have and make a small cut off sort of like a mini version of the hardie tool version. To do this I would taper it down, put it into the Pritchel hole and create the shoulders and then shape it into a sort of Brian brazeal looking cut off, as from what I'm seen they cut metal amazingly. So is there anything that would stop me from doing this? I can't see anything wrong with it but I thought that I should get some more experienced advise. I'd only use this on small stuff and then make a bigger one as I get better. Thanks Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John McPherson Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 There is a thread on just this item, but the photos are gone. http://www.iforgeiron.com/topic/20651-pritchel-hardy aaaaand the picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 A couple of the smithes have also forged what is esencialy a peice of truck spring to fit diagonally in the hardy hole. Start with a peice wide enuch to shoulder, the profile the citing edge. One of the foreign extension services teaches smiths to build hot and cold sets in a similar maner, taper the nerrow sides on one end to form a striking surface, fuller the same sides to form a waist to rap 1/4" rod around to form a handle and profile the cutting edge on the other end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Davidson Posted May 25, 2013 Author Share Posted May 25, 2013 Thanks guys for the quick replies. Thank you for the link John, and the picture. I was a bit lazy and didn't do a background search for this, so thank you the information is very helpful. It is exactly what I was thinking, although I doubt mine will turn out as well as the picture :) Thanks Charles as well, that is another thing that I probably would have asked about in the future so thank you. Thanks again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Salvati Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 Thanks for the picture find John. Pritchel hardy is nice and handy, in line cuts or cut offs and anything in between. Nice and out of the way too and much easier to make from small stock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfootnampa Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 A lovely looking piece Sam!!! Elegant! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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